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					Originally Posted by philcski
					
				 
				A small field but BTN and Honey Ryder are no slouches. I'm just happy that we got to see him at a 5YO, does anyone honestly think if he were a dirt horse he'd still be around??? 
 
I agree with you, he ran what I thought was his best career race this way- last year in the Joe Hirsch. 
			
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That was a very weird race last year.  They creeped the first 3/4 of that race, even though Luzzi was supposed to be on the "rabbit", and EC was 3 wide the whole way.
In all honesty, I didn't fear BTN today at all. It is rare that he fires back to back big races.  He ran his race in the Manhattan.